Toy vehicle



March 20, 1928.

B. F. DUDEK ET AL TOY VEHICLE Filed May 10, 1927 BE/Yd. E 0005/? amnion,

Patented Mar. 20, 1928.

hi ll BENJAMIN r. DUDEK AND ROY a. MANDERY, or LInootn, itsnnasrrn.

Tor VEHICLE.

application filed ma 10,

Our invention relates to vehicles and more particularly to toy vehicles of the scooter type. Its primary object is the provision of a toy vehicle which may be used as a scooter or as a coaster or asa wagon or as a chariot, the adjustments from one type of vehicle to another being of the utmost simplicity so that-any child can make the conversions in the minimum of time. It is also our object to provide an irresistably attractive toy vehicle/of such simplicity that it can be manufactured and sold at a price which is Within the reach of prospective purchasers;

Having in viewtheseobjects and others which will be pointed out in the following description, we will now refer to the drawings', in which Figure 1 is an illustration showing our vehicle in its adjusted position for use as a wagon or scooter; V

Figure 2 is an illustration similar to Figure 1 butshowin'g the body reversed to provide a chariot which may also be used "as a scooter. I j c Figure 3 isa side elevational view in out line and showing particularly the means for securing the body in either of two positions.

Figure 4: is an illustration showingthe connection between the front wheel's'upport and the handle'and showing the ears through which the body portion of the scooter is pivotally'connected with the front wheel support. I I

Figure 5 is a view in perspective of the extreme forward portion of'the rear part of the vehicle.

The vehicle is siipported on three wheels, the forward of which is'the steering wheel. Itis provided with a more or less triangular framework having side beams 10 which converge forwardly and which are slightly inclined upwardly in their forward end portions. These side beams 10 are suitably braced at 11 and at various other points. Connecting the side beams 10 is a platform 12 which furnishes a' convenient foot support when the vehicle is used as a scooter and which serves as a leg rest when the child is sitting in the body of the arrangement shown in Figure 1. The rear portions of the side beams 10 are connected by an axle 13 which supports the rear wheels 1st. The body 15 is made in the form shown and is secured directly to the axle by means of a pair of U bolts 16 as best shown in Figure 1927. Serial in. m le.

3, the U bolt-s having "nuts on their upper extremities. It is obvi'ous that by removing thenutsfrom the U bolts' 16 thebody 15 may be reversed so asto' occupy either of the positionsshown in Figuresl and 2. The body 1.5 is'provided on its side's withmudguards 17 whichare spaced from thleitires ofth'e wheels 1% and whichmust of course be' 'nore or less concentric withthe wheelsle in either positionfofthe body 15. The vehicle is fuiy ther provided with footrests 18 projecting laterally from'thfe vehicle frame so that the child' wh en seated in the vehicle .ofthe Fig} ure 1 adjustment may brace his feetagai'nst the footrests18.

' The front'wheel 19 is carried bye fork,

the two nembersof whichjare securedpr'jef- The handle is further arranged. with rela-' tion to the casting QO insuch a manner that it may be advantageously used with the vehicle when the ,vehi'cle serves as coaster wagon or cepter, The 'handle26 is connected to a dep'ending-fork27 which is provided with two pins'28 and '29 connecting members of the-fork attheirloi'ver portions. The'pin 29 passes through the slot 30 of the casting 20 while the pin 28 is above the upper surface of the casting. The casting 20 is so formed that at its edges the projections or lips extend from its lower end to a point short of the upper end of the casting. Throughout the lower end of the casting the projecting lips form an abutment for the fork members so as tosecure the fork members more rigidly to the casting. The main purpose, however, of the lip is to'guide the movements of the handle. The pin 29 is seated within the slot 30 and the handle may therefore be raised and lowered Within the limits of the movement of the pin 29 in the slot 30. When the. pin 29 is at the bottom of the slot 30 the lips on the casting 20 will prevent all pivotal movement of the handle the lower end of the handle fork will clear usual wagon tongue or handle.

the lips on the casting 20 so that it may be swung about thepin 29 as a pivot either for wardly or rearwardly. I

\Vhen the device is used as a scooter the handle will of course be more or less upright and rigid. This result is obtained by positioning the handle so that it is upright and then pushing it down until the pin 29 is seated in the bottom of the slot 30 and the pin 28 is seated against the top of the casting 20. If the child then wants to use the Figure l arrangement as a wagon, he simply raises the handle to its limit and then swings the handle forwardly so that it forms the If on the other hand, he wishes to use the vehicle as a coaster, he swings the handle rearwardly so that he may guide the vehicle from his position when seated in the Figure 1 arrangement or when standing in the Figure 2 arrangement.

Having thus described our lnvention in such full, clear, and exact terms that its construction and operation will be readily understood by others skilled in the art to which it pertains, what we claim as new and desire to secure by'Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A vehicle comprising a frame supported on two rear wheels and a front steering wheel, said frame including a rear transverse axle on which said rear wheels are journal-led, a wagon .box having side walls and one'end wall but being open on the'end of the wagon box at the end opposite said end wall, meansv for reversibly positioning 7 said'wagon box on said frame with either its open end or its closed end toward said steering wheel, and mud guards on said side walls of said wagon box, said mud guardsbeing means for reversibly positioning said wagon box on said frame with either of its ends directed forwardly, and a handle for controlling said steering wheel, said handle being adapted to be latched in upright position when the vehicle is to be used as a scooter and to be projected either forwardly or rearwardly when the vehicle is to be used as a wagon or as a coaster.

3. A vehicle comprising a frame supported on two rear wheels and a front steering wheel, said steering Wheel being journailed in the lower end portion of a fork, said fork at its upper extremity being secured to a member having laterally projecting ribs at its front and rear edges, said member being provided with an elongated slot, a handle having a depending fork straddling said member, a pin connecting the parts of said fork at its lower extremity, said pin being adapted to slide vertically in the slot in said member and said depending fork being adapted to slide vertically 'between the ribs of said member and to be disengaged from said ribs when said depending fork is in its uppermost position whereby said depending fork may be latched in its upright position and whereby it will be freely adjustable in a vertical plane when it projects either forwardly or rearwardly, a wagon box having side walls and one end wall'but being open on the end opposite the end wall, said wagon box being reversible in end to end relation on said frame, and means for securing said wagon box to said frame in either of its two positions.

In testimony whereof we afli-x our signatures.

ROY J. MANDEI Y. i V BENJAMIN F. DUDEK. 

